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101 East - Female infanticide - 27 August 09 - Part 1
By: aljazeeraenglish
Posted: Aug 27 09
Witnessed: 1870 veces
Regions: India
Issues: Discrimination, Mass killings, Women's rights
Tags: female infanticide, violence against women
Female infanticide in India has led to an alarming gender gap in the population with experts estimating 50 million more males than females.101 East investigates why India cannot or will not protect its baby girls.
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Female infanticide
Pormorganstan395 on Aug 28 09
The government of India should set a target date by which the country will have balanced sex-ratios at birth. The coming plan needs to give a fair deal to women by abandoning fertility targets and replacing it with solid commitments to restore sex-ratio at birth. There has to be official recognition that small families are increasingly achieved by eliminating girls.